I want to take this opportunity to tell you all about my first
veterinary summer experience. I chose to apply for the Texas
A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences to
take part in the Veterinary Medical Scientist Research Training
Program. We were able to choose a research program that one
of the faculty members were currently working. I have always been
interested in large animal medicine and disease prevention. I grew
up on the United States - Mexico border and have witnessed the
impact that border inspection has both on the American and Mexican
side. I was lucky enough to have found Dr. Charles Long's lab,
where they were working on antiviral techniques to prevent
vesicular disease. The purpose of this work was to develop a method
that stimulates the immune system to be in a poised state, which
could block virus invasion. If successful, this new method could
provide much needed protection to livestock and th...
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